Trousers for athletes



Mmh' 131927. 1.619.116 V H. K. ATWELL v TROUSERS FOR ATHLETES FiledMarch 6. 1926 Patented Mar. 1, 1927. r

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Application filed March 6, 1826. Serial No. 92,705.

The object of this invent-ion is to provide a pair of trousersparticularly designedfor use by foot-ball players, the waist portion ofwhich is adapted to. be variably contract- 7 ed, without the use of aseparate belt, and

without being wrinkled or puckered, andis so constructed that it may bewidely opened, to permit its application to a separately formed hip pad,previously placed on the hips and back'of thewearer, and its contractionon thepad to securely confine the latter in its predetermined position,without liability of displacement, so that the pad may-be securelyconfined, not only when the wearer stands erect, but also when he is ina stooping or crouching position.

1 attain'this object by the improved construction hereinafter describedand claimed. Of the accompanying (:lrawings forn'iing jecting upwardlyfrom the portions 17, to

the upper edge of the back, and united to each other by a connection 20,formed in any suitable manner. The side portions 19 sepa:

rablyoverlap each other at the midlength of the back, above theconnection 20, as shown by Figure 4;, and are, provided with rear strapguldes 21, 21 and 21", formed as vertical slits.

Joined to and preferably integral with one of the side portions 19, isan elongated strap 22. An elongated strap 23 is joined to and ispreferably integral with the other side portion 19.. Said'strapsconstitute extensions of, and extend in opposite directions from, theside portions 19, and pass through the rear strap guides, and the frontstrap guides. The straps are adapted to meet at the front of the body,as shown by apartof this specification Figure 1, and are provided withmeans Figurel is a perspective view, looking towhereby they may beadjustably connected, ward the front, and showing a. pair of trousaidmeans being preferably embodied in a sers embodying the invention, thewaist portongue buckle 25, on thezouter end of the 'tion being in aloose conditionv strap 23, and holes 26 in the strap 22. 1 S0 Figure 2is a view similar to the upper hen the straps are disconnected, theportion of Figure 1, looking toward the waist portion may be widelyopened and back. then drawn upward onto the usual or any 7 Figure'S is aperspective view, looking tosuitable separately formed hip pad (not award the front, and showing the straps shown) previously applied to thewearers 30 shown by Figures 1 and 2, withdrawn from body. The strapsmaythen be connected their guides. and tensioned to any desired extent,to con- Figure 4 is a section on line H of Figtract the waist portionand securely confine ure 3. the hip pad.

Figure 5 is a section on line55 of Fig- The overlapping side portions 19of the ure 2. back and the inner portions of the straps are The samereference characters indicate the caused to slide on each other, by theoperasame parts in all of the figures. tion of tensioning the straps, sothat the The front of the trunk or body portion back of the waistportion is telescopic, and of the trousers, from. which the legs 12deadapted to be contracted without wrinkling pend, is provided with theusual vertical or puckering. A hip pad contacting with opening 13, andwith means for closing or said telescopic back is, therefore, firmly andcontracting the same. Said means may insmoothly confined against thecorrespondclude eyelets 14, and a lacing (not shown) ing portions of thewearers body, and is engaged with the eyelets. The body front free fromliability to be displaced by strains 45 is provided at opposite sides ofthe opening caused by body contortions.

with front strap guides, which in this inh It will be seen that theinner portion of stance, include vertical slits 15 and 15 and the strap22, and the part of the side porvertical loops or cross strips 16 and16*. .tion 19 with which it is joined, are located The body backincludes atransverse lower within the inner portion of the strap 23,port-ion, extending continuously across the and the corresponding partof the other back, said portion being that below the side portion. t isessential that the straps dotted line 00 00 (Figure 2) and comprising,meet at the outer side of the body front, so in this instance, portions17 17 of the body that the inner strap 22 must pass through a fabric,and a. gore 18 interposed between the slit in the body, in order thatits outer portions 17. The body back includes also end may lie on theouter surface of thebody side portions 19, 19, integral with andprofront. This is permitted, so far as the strap 22 is concerned, by thefront slit 15, through which the outer portion of the strap 22 passes.The rear slits 21 through which the inner portion of the strap 22passes, serve to guide and confine or prevent edgewise movements of theinner portion of the strap. Any other suitable guiding and confiningmeans may be substituted for the rear slits 21.

As shown, the strap 23 extends through the slit 21 in the otheroverlapping rear and side member andoutward through the slit v15" in thefront of the body, while the strap 22 passes sl'iocessively through theslits 21", 21 in the back and side portion, and the slit 15 in the frontportion. By this arrange ment, both of the strap portions includesections which are exposed within the waist band of the garment, inposition to engage with the body of the wearer over the hips and bydrawing the endsof the straps together,=said waist band will be causedto be uniformly compressed about the wearers waist, and securely retainin position a previouslyapplied hip pad.

It is obvious that the improved trousers may be used by players of anyathletic games. I p I claim:

1. Trousers of the character described, in cluding legand body sections,the front of the body being separated into two members by a verticalopening extending through its upper edge and provided on opposite sidesof said openingwith slits closed at both ends, the back and sides of thebody including a lower portion continuous throughout the width of thearment and an upper portion constituting the waist portion of thegarmentwhieh is divided to provide two 2. Trousers of the characterdescribed, in-

eluding leg and body sections, the front of the body being separatedinto two members by a vertical opening extending through its upper edgeand provided on opposite sides of said opening with slits closed at bothends, the back and sides ofithe body including alower portion continuousthroughout the width of the garment and an upperportion whichconstitutes the waist portion of the gari'nent and is divided to providetwo overlap jiing members that extend to the upper edge of the back andthe free edges of which terminate in strap-like parts, oneof saidoverlapping members having a slit .23 formed therein andthe other ofsaid members having two slits 21, 21", formed therein, the strap-likeextension of one of the overlapping sections extending through the slit23 and one of the aforesaid slits in the front of the body and the othersaid strapliltc extension extending through the slits 21, 21", and theother slit in the front of the body, whereby each of said strapsineludes an exposed section within the waist portion of the garmentabove the hip portion thereof for the purpose describe In testimonywhereof I have afiixed my signature.

HENRY K. .ATWELL.

